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For many consumers in both Oregon and Washington, an upcoming eviction often represents the last straw in coping with creditors prior to filing bankruptcy. Thankfully a bankruptcy filing will stop a residential eviction for non-payment of rent in its tracks

In recent years, as credit ratings and credit report information have become so important to everyone, cleaning up the credit report has become one of the most cited motives for filing bankruptcy. Unfortunately credit reporting agencies have often moved at a snails pace when it came to correctly reflecting debts as discharged in bankruptcy rather than as past due. Thankfully in the past few years, the big three credit reporting agencies have become considerably better

Due to severe budgetary constraints, the United States Trustee is no longer designating bankruptcy cases for random audits. Bankruptcy attorneys across both Oregon and Washington who had to cope with the burdensome audit requirements aslong with their clients are now breathing a heavy sigh of relief

Due to a massive federal settlement regarding foreclosure abuse, checks for 4.2 million mortgage borrowers, thousands of them in Oregon and Washington, will soon be in the mail. In most cases the checks will only go a small way towards repairing the harms suffered to date.
The agreement stems from a federal investigation of the robo-signing scandal. Robo-signing was the process that allowed mortgage servicers to foreclose on Oregon and Washington homeowners without properly prepared documents.